~Peter and Michelle - Book II~

Chapter 10

Peter woke up early the following morning to finish packing and to make sure he had everything he needed for the next 12 days. He had breakfast and brushed his teeth before packing his toiletries into a bag to pack into his suitcase. He walked into his room, toiletry bag in hand, and approached his suitcase which hadn't been opened since Ned had done some pre-packing for him the other night. To his absolute horror, when he opened his suitcase he saw, sitting atop a few pairs of shirts and jeans, a pack of Trojan condoms.

Panicking, Peter jumped up to quickly shut his door before looking back down at the unholy sight. W-what? C-condoms?!!! H-how could these e-even get in here?! I don't underst- ............. Ned. Just as it finally clicked in his head of who would have put the box in there, Peter's eyes fell on a small yellow sticky-note that was stuck to the side of it. He reached down and pulled off the note to read it. All that was on the note was a hand-drawn winky face and a small signing down the bottom, with none other than Ned's name beside the hyphen.

Peter crumpled the note and threw it in his bin beside his desk before promptly removing the condoms from his suitcase and hiding them in a draw filled with different tech stuff that he was experimenting with. I'm gonna kill him. I am going to KILL HIM! What did he think I was planning on doing?! I mean I know that protection is important and everything but I wasn't planning on the opportunity to need it to arise!!! And I'm pretty sure that MJ would feel the same way.... Wait... what- what if she is thinking along the same lines as Ned? Oh god! What do I do? Should I take them? No, NO! I won't need them. No, it is way too early for that... But what if- OH MY GOD STOP OVERTHINKING IT FOR GOODNESS SAKE PETER!

After taking a few deep breaths to calm himself down, Peter shut the drawer with the box firmly placed unopened inside before proceeding to fill his suitcase with things he did need, such as shirts, socks, boxers and jackets. Not to mention his suit, just in case. It was almost 7:30am by the time he finished, so he only had about an hour to spend some last quality time with May for almost two weeks. He lugged his suitcase out into the living room, fully packed and ready to go, before sitting down on the couch and talking to May about random things for the next hour.

It felt like barely anytime had passed before Peter received a text from Michelle reminding him that they all needed to be at the Airport by 9. "We better go if we want to get there on time," Peter said, nervousness and excitement beginning to swell up in him. May nodded, "Okay, grab your stuff and I'll get my keys."

The car ride over to the airport was tense, from both Peter's excitement to start the long-anticipated ski trip, and also May's sadness over Peter leaving. "May, I promise I will call every night, okay?" Peter said when he saw May getting emotional. "I know, I'm just so proud to see how much you've grown. Make sure to be good and to stay out of trouble, okay?" She said as she pulled up to the drop-off zone at the airport. In the distance Peter could see Mr Harrington and the other teachers along with a few students gathering and waiting for everyone to arrive. "I will. I'll see you later," Peter said, stepping out of the car and grabbing his suitcase from the backseat. "Love you!" May called as he shut the door and stood on the curb. "Love you too!" He called before she pulled away, waving as she went.

Peter walked over to the group and was pleased to see that both Michelle and Ned had already arrived. "Hey guys," he said as he approached, before saying "I'm here Mr Harrington!" His teacher jumped before spotting Peter and sighing with relief. "Oh, good. You made it here safe. Only 18 more to arrive and then we can get checked in. Hopefully this time we can make it through without anyone embarrassing themselves, hahahaha...ha."

Peter blinked confusingly for a few moments before brushing it off and standing beside the others. He greeted Betty, Abraham and Jason, each of whom was in their year, and the other students who had also already arrived. He then turned to Ned, and when no one was looking, Peter slapped the back of Ned's head. Before he could even let out a noise Peter whispered, or more accurately growled at him. "Why the hell did you put condoms in my bag?!" Ned's slightly pained expression immediately melted away and turned into a mischievous smirk.